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PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH‐CARE MODEL IN RURAL TASMANIA: OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Malcolm Helen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2002.tb00004.x
Subject(s) - mental health , primary care , medicine , rural area , nursing , rural community , primary health care , mental health care , mental illness , public health , point (geometry) , family medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , socioeconomics , sociology , population , geometry , mathematics , pathology
Community and doctor concern over the disproportionately high suicide rate in a rural area of Tasmania resulted in a project employing a mental health worker to provide counselling, educate patients and the public about mental illness, improve the skills of local health workers, liaise with other counselling agencies and undertake research into mental health in the area. Figures on mental health problems in the area and the positive effects of the project on access to treatment and improvement in symptoms and functioning are presented. The results from this inexpensive, shared care/attachment model point to its potential application in primary care in other areas of Australia.